一切經音義 61.62

61.62

熊羆（上音雄說文云熊似豕黑色山居冬蟄而䑛其足掌以存命不食二月方出從能從火省聲也下音悲韻英云羆似熊而大黃白色郭注爾雅云似熊頭高脚長猛憨多力善走能拔樹木關西呼為猳羆字上從四）。

Brown bears and grizzlies (熊羆): The first character has the pronunciation of 雄. The Shuowen jiezi says that the bear resembles a pig, is black in color, lives in the mountains, hibernates in winter and licks its paws to stay alive without eating, only emerging in the second month; it is formed with 能 and an abbreviated 火 as the phonetic element. The second character has the pronunciation of 悲. The Yunying states that the 羆 resembles a bear but is larger and yellowish-white. Guo [Pu]'s commentary on the Erya states that it resembles a bear, with a raised head, long legs, fierce, violent, powerful, swift-running, and able to uproot trees; west of the Pass it is called a jia. The character 羆 is formed with 四 above.